C1 English with Andriana · Maksym & Dariia

13 Aug 2026 — Modal phrases for probability, necessity, obligation & ability

"Sometimes just open our chat and start scrolling up and asking each other those words. It keeps you in shape."

Covered

Modal phrases, in two passes: (1) gap-fill eight sentences from the recruitment listening, then sort each into probability / necessity / obligation / ability. (2) Harder pass: paraphrase each sentence with every other phrase in the same group.
Open-ended stems with our own ideas — before a job interview it is absolutely essential to… / there's a strong likelihood that…
Warm-up quiz on chat vocabulary.

be bound to /baʊnd/	certain or extremely likely; also obliged. You're bound to feel nervous. I felt bound to tell you.
by pull / pull strings / through connections / nepotism / a nepo baby	getting things via who you know («по блату»)
a conflict of interest, biased

undoubtedly is an adverb — You will undoubtedly want to…, never "It's undoubtedly that…"
be expected to (obligation) vs it's expected that (probability) — same verb, two categories.
a requirement is that + clause, or a requirement is being good at… (gerund complement)

Failed: I beg to differ, sluggish

Needed prompting: to rally round sb, to elaborate on sth, to allocate, in the nick of time / at the eleventh hour

✗	✓
sorted "being able to" as necessity	it's ability — a capacity, not a duty
It's undoubtedly that…	You will undoubtedly…
an illusion (meaning allusion)	an allusion to sth
sub boards	SUP boards / paddleboards

Ex.10 — find and correct the mistake in each tourist-brochure sentence. Two of the nine are already correct.
Ex.11 — gap-fill from the box: a requirement · able · aptitude · crucial · expected · likelihood · undoubtedly · well.
Five more synonyms for important, with the register each fits.
Scroll the Telegram chat and quiz each other.

Writing is homework by design — "50 minutes of writing, 10 minutes of speaking doesn't work."